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Hubbell’s Product Selection Guide Goes Electronic
More news from Hubbell Lighting, which has created an electronic version of its 1,047-page Product Selection Guide. Now in CD form and also available as a download for the first…
2010 Green California Summit Announced for March 15-17
The 2010 Green California Summit has been announced for March 15-17 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Thousands of decision-makers from California’s state and local government, along with participants from the…
I.D. Magazine to Cease Publication
I.D. Magazine, the oldest design publication in the U.S. at 55, will close after publication of its January/February issue. Subscribers to I.D. will receive Print magazine for the balance of…
Starbucks Begins LED Retrofit of More than 8,000 Stores
I just discovered General Electric’s nifty blog and learned about a big sale of LED lighting systems to more than 8,000 Starbucks stores, replacing existing incandescent and halogen lamps. So…
Guest Post by Jim Brodrick: Color Quality and Solid-State Lighting
Guest post by Jim Brodrick, reprinted with permission from Postings: from the desk of Jim Brodrick If you’ve ever shopped for white paint, you know there’s not just one universal…
Philips Lighting Introduces New Energy Advantage Ceramic Metal Halide Lamps with Exclusive AllStart™ Technology
Philips Lighting has introduced its new family of Energy Advantage ceramic metal halide lamps featuring exclusive AllStart™ Technology. A direct retrofit lamp to both probe start and pulse start metal…
Shipments of Lighting Equipment Rise During Third Quarter of 2009
NEMA’s Lighting Systems Index (LSI) increased 3.3% on a quarter-to-quarter basis during the third quarter of 2009. This marks the LSI’s first increase in nine quarters. Nonetheless, the index is…
Generation Brands Files for Chapter 11
Generation Brands, a provider of light fixtures and ceiling fans for the building construction and home improvement industries–and some of its subsidiaries–have filed voluntary petitions to implement an agreed restructuring…
Hubbell Lighting Publishes Roadmap to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
To help end users in the education, healthcare, military, municipality and government markets, Hubbell Lighting has published two booklets intended to guide them as well as lighting specifiers through the…
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